Classic members: do you have another historical interest? Does it ever tie in...

i've always been interested in gunfighters,men like wild bill hickok,wyatt earp,the james boys,ben thompson,doc haliday,etc.

 

I've always had an interest in the mob as well. At the moment I'm interested in Cuba, past and present.

 

....and skimpy underpants???

 

I agree, nice arse!

 

Yeah i went through all the phases like The Mob, and Spaghetti Westerns as well!

I read this brilliant book called Cosa Nostra, it's about The Mafia in Sicily, i think it details as much as it can all the way back to about 150 years ago (i really can't remember exactly) and runs right up to 2001 about. It does deviate fro the Sicily storyline briefly with the American bits, mostly about the most famous American mobsters in New York, Philladelphia, Chicago etc. But it then gets right back in the thick of the Sicilian mafia. Brilliant read, truly well researched.

I also read Sammy the Bull's book, Underboss, that was good. I spoke to someone who read John Gotti's and they obviously vary in some aspects of stories told of events.

I actually really liked the film 'Gotti', it just was nowhere near as high budget as the great ones (Goodfellas etc), but they did get Anthony Quinn and he was class there.

 

I read a good one a few years ago.I think it was called "The last testament of Lucky Luciano". A good read.
Talking of books. You got to read "43 years with the same bird" by Brian Reade. A lifelong Liverpool fan talking about his memories of the club. A great and sometimes harrowing read. Every Liverpool fan should read it.

 

Well i'm getting that then.

The Curtis Warren book is interesting, if you're into true crime.

At the minute i've got Joe Gans' and Jake Lamotta's in the house, haven't given them enough time cos i'm a bit busy. I finished Duran's and read most of Archie Moore's, but Charley Burley's is just head and shoulders above for me, probably my fave read.

Thanks for the info on the book, i'm going to town tomorrow, should be in the Waterstone's shouldn't it? The title sounds very well put.

 

Not really into history per se, but I do like looking at the arts generally, and you could say I have an interest in the history of western philosophy, literature and art.

I've gotten a kick from seeing references made to boxing in works as old as Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey, and Plato's The Republic. Also got a kick when I went to Greece on a holiday a couple of years ago, and discovered a wall painting of "two boxing children" in the Athens National Museum. The painting was dated to 1500 BC, which is just mind boggling. It is now my avatar. :good

 

Geez... I thought that pic was Liston-Patterson!



Good to know of your intest mate. Did you manage to visit the old 'Olympia' for the sake of fistic interests?

 

I dont post in here that much, but do read it a lot, you can learn a lot in here, though i sometimes think people over do the thinking some times, in the end some men are just born to be great fighters, while others no matter what they do are not. Any way im a huge millitary history nutter

 

Spitting image aren't they?

Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to mate. Totally regret it now. Don't know when I'll get the chance to go again, but if and when I do, it will be a priority. :good

 

I hope you make it back there sometime.

Cheers mate . :good

 

I find medievel times and 17th century very interesting.

And I do study to become a history teacher.

I'm working on a paper right now about boxing diets and training trough times and ages.
The paper has four chapters.

1. Ancient times
2. The bareknuckle days
3. The old school days
4. Nowadays.

I got some questions I would like to ask. I did write down the questions in the post of the links below.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134911

And if anyone has good sources or nows certain things about the subject I would be very pleased if you let me now.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134911

 

I'm just into history in general. Films, historical figures, literature, sports, mythology, etc. Nothing especially specific outside of boxing and film.

 

Celtic FC, napoleonic wars(not read anything on that in years mind) and true crime and the mob, the mob being the only thing that losely ties in with boxing